News tagged with cement and concrete research
Self-healing concrete for safer, more durable infrastructure (w/Video)
Apr 22, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A concrete material developed at the University of Michigan can heal itself when it cracks. No human intervention is necessary--just water and carbon dioxide.
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Green Ideas: Making Concrete from Rice
Jul 21, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Concrete accounts for about 5% of all human-related CO2 emissions. The fact that we use so much cement in building could mean that the issue becomes even more pronounced in the future. Bu ...
'Green' research results in new geopolymer concrete technology
Sep 29, 2009 |
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Dr. Erez Allouche, assistant professor of civil engineering at Louisiana Tech University and associate director of the Trenchless Technology Center, is conducting innovative research on geopolymer concrete ...
Novel experiments on cement yield concrete results
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Apr 02, 2007 |
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Using a brace of the most modern tools of materials research, a team from the National Institute of Standards and Technology and Northwestern University has shed new light on one of mankind’s older construction materials—cement.
How Solid Is Concrete's Carbon Footprint?
May 18, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Many scientists currently think at least 5 percent of humanity's carbon footprint comes from the concrete industry, both from energy use and the carbon dioxide (CO2) byproduct from the produc ...
Brunel cement find is world first
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Apr 03, 2008 |
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Archaeologists working on a site in the Bristol Docks have discovered what is thought to be the first ever substantial use of Portland cement in the construction of a major building. The building was designed in 1839 by ...
Engineers developing bullet proof vests from cement
Jun 29, 2009 |
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Engineers at the University of Leeds are working on a new type of body armour made from cement.
Cement's basic molecular structure finally decoded
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Sep 09, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- In the 2,000 or so years since the Roman Empire employed a naturally occurring form of cement to build a vast system of concrete aqueducts and other large edifices, researchers have analyzed the molecular ...
MIT slows concrete creep to a crawl
Jun 16, 2009 |
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MIT civil engineers have for the first time identified what causes the most frequently used building material on earth — concrete — to gradually deform, decreasing its durability and shortening the lifespan of infrastructures ...
Nanoengineered concrete could cut CO2 emissions
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Jan 29, 2007 |
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While government leaders argue about the practicality of reducing world emissions of carbon dioxide, scientists and engineers are seeking ways to make it happen.
Concrete experiment may eliminate storm drains
Jun 15, 2009 |
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Shoreview, Minn., is betting on a new "green" concrete paving method that lets rainwater pass right through the street surface to prevent damaging runoff.
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